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 Significant Cognitive Disabilities (SCD)


​​​​​​Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities

​​​​To have a significant cognitive disability a student, must have a documented cognitive disability that affects intellectual functioning. This would include students with severe to profound cognitive impairments or an intellectual disability. Students with significant cognitive disabilities may have a wide range of ​characteristics, depending on the combination and severity of disabilities and the student's age, but are not limited to, the following:​

  • Limited speech or communication
  • Difficulty in basic physical mobility
  • The tendency to forget skills
  • Difficulty generalizing skills from one situation to another and/or
  • A need for support in major life activities (e.g., domestic, leisure, community use, vocational)

Students with significant cognitive disabilities and multiple disabilities typically need an individualized education program of special education services and supports that include specially designed instruction, related services, assistive technology,  and/or other services required for the provision of a free appropriate public education.​

​Specific Resources

​Curriculum Resources for Fall of 2021:

 

Students with Hearing and Vision impairments

Instructional Strategies - November 2021

Adaptive living – December 2021

              

State Defined Alternate  Diploma.pdf
Curriculum Resources for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities.pdf
GAA 2.0 Resources​
Instructional Support for Teachers of Students with Significant Disabilities.pdf


2020 Distance Learning Support

​SCD Webinar Series Resources

SCD Presentation 1.18.22 (002).pdf


SCD Back to Basics​​​​

The Basics w Engagement 1st.pdf

 Special Education

           

Lynn Holland
Program Manager
lholland@doe.k12.ga.us

         
Anne Myers
Program Specialist 
Intellectual Disabilities & GAA      anne.myers@doe.k12 ga.us ​

 ​       
Paula Gumpman, Program Specialist 

Assistive Technology
pgumpman@doe.k12.ga.us

​​             
Elise James
Program Specialist
Transition Outcomes   
ejames@doe.k12.ga.us

           
Laurie Ponsell
Program Specialist 
Transition Compliance
 lponsell@doe.k12.ga.us

Assessment and Accountability

Mary Nesbit-McBride Assessment Specialist ACCESS2.0 & GAA 2.0  mmcbride@doe.k12.ga.us

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Alternate Diploma​​

 GaDOE Webpages

ID Word Art.jpg 
Intellectual Disabilities

 
Transition Process to Adulthood